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India

SITUATION REPORT

SITUATION:

The deep depression has moved over Virdarbha and adjoining East Madhya Pradesh moving West- North-west wards laying centre over West Madhya Pradesh about 50 KM away from Betual. Under its influence heavy rainfall would occur over Western Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, and Madhya . The following regions have received significant rainfall during the past 24 hrs include • Madhya Maharashtra : Gangabavada, Jalgoan, Mahabaleshwar, Surgana, RAdhanagari, Chandwad, Yeloa, Igatpuri, Kelvan • Marathawada: Khuldabad, Kannad, Gangapur, Aurangabad, Vaijapur, • Vidarbha: Akola, Wardha, Nagpur, • Chhattisgarh : Chhuriya, Gondal, Bemetara, Dongargarh, Chhuikhadhan, Khairagarh, Mohala • Coastal Karnataka- Siddapura, Sirsi, Yellapura, Joida, Karkala, Nilkund • Region- Bihra, (SCZ), Mumbai( ), , Ratnagiri, Belapur, , Pali, , , Mhasala, , , Shirvardhan, Murud, , • Chhattisgarh – traffic on NH-43 has been suspended since July 3 due damage to a stretch of road by heavy rains • Andhra Pradesh Rivers flowing above warning level : Nagavali, Vamsdhara, Janjahavthi, Mahendra, Tanya, Affected districts : Srikakulam, Vizianagaram ; affected Blocks-23 ; Affected Villages : 52; Population affected 15000; Loss of life -1 death reported ; Response by Administrtaion- 3 boats deployed for evacuation, 3000 persons accommodated in relief camps, 15000 food packets distributed • Kerala :Heavy rainfall has been reported.Rivers flowing above warning level : Meenachil, Manimala, Moovattupuzha • Karnataka experiencing rainfall in districts of Belgum( Khanapur) Chikamaglur ( Sringeri), hassan ( Sakleshapura), Kodagu ( Bagamandala), Shimoga( Hosanagara, Thirthahalli), Uttar kannada ( Siddapura, Sirsi, Supa, Yellapura) • West Bengal districts under the spell of heavy rain fall is Darjeeling, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, duirng the past 24 hrs hour Burdwan, Howarh, Nadia, Purba Medinpur, Hooghly, 24 parganas, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, Murshidabad • Madhya PradeshUnder the influence of deep depression , districts received rains include Jabalpur, Indore, Khajraho, Sagar, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Pachmari Madhya Pradesh receiving rainfall • Orissa sections of the railway track were submerged between Rayagada-Koraput sections of East Coast Railways on 4 July de to flash floods. Train services from Raipur –Vizianagaram section affected

DAMAGE DETAILS:

ƒ Chhattisgarh – traffic on NH-43 has been suspended since July 3 due damage to a stretch of road by heavy rains

ƒ Andhra Pradesh Rivers flowing above warning level : Nagavali, Vamsdhara, Janjahavthi, Mahendra, Tanya, Affected districts : Srikakulam, Vizianagaram ; affected Blocks-23 ; Affected Villages : 52; Population affected 15000; Loss of life -1 death reported ;

ƒ Orissa sections of the railway track were submerged between Rayagada-Koraput sections of East Coast Railways on 4 July de to flash floods. Train services from Raipur –Vizianagaram section affected

Sitrep Depression and heavy rainfall update July5, 2006

India

Affected Blocks villages Populat Houses Loss Infrastructur River Response Districts affected affecte ion Damaged of e Facilities Flow/Breach/ d affecte Life Affected Landslide d Bhadrak 4(Guduvela, 45 20200 37 1 Breach of Evacuated to temporary Saintala, Deogaon, embankment shelters; Relief Titilagarh) along Malaguni provided to 940 River System – families; 12 community Tangi Block kitchen centres opened; Gajapati 4 ( Kashinagar, 15 21282 9 Movement Relief provided for Gosani, Mohana, along 3days ; repair of Guma) Paralakhemu breached ndi- embankments Kashinagar road restored: blocked at Kidigaon Koraput 2 Road blocked at Parvatipur- Laxmipur road Nayagarh 1 Puri 2 9Kakatpur, Gop) 20 Rayagada 3 (Rayagada, 24 4400 6 827 Railway line 910 persons Bissum,-Cuttack- section evacuated;15 Gunupur between temporary shelters Rayagada- opened Koraput blocked, Rayagada- Berhampur SH blocked at Kailashpur Rayagada- Koraput SH blocked at GUma Ganjam 1 ) Aska) 2 1 Jagatsinghpur 1 Kalahandi 2 ( Kesinga, 35 Over flowing Jungarh) of river at Hati Bridge Kandhamal 2( Tumudibandha, 140 2100 Damages to 25 persons shifted to Kotagda) Govt building, temporary shelters schools, Karsar foot Bridge submerged Kendrapara 1 (Rajkanika) 2 Khudra 1 ( Chilika) 4 Rayagada- Breach of 4400 persons Berhampur embankment evacuated ; 7 SH –vehicular along the Kusumi community kitchen movement River of Chilika opened; 883 families resumed Block provided relief Subernapur 1 (Tarava) 26 8000 Nawarangpur 2( Nawaranghpur, 11 Kosagumuda) Boudh 1 (Kantamal) 16

Maharashtra life continued to be paralyzed in rain lashed Mumbai due to water logging, adversely affecting road /railway traffic since July 4. is flowing above danger level.

Sitrep Depression and heavy rainfall update July5, 2006

India Low lying areas of Mumbai City and Southern parts of Sub Urban areas are waterlogged. The rainfall received in Mumbai city during last 26hrs is 9cm. Subways --under pass bridges at Khar, , , and were among the worst affected spots. Other affected areas included Bahar Junction, Andheri Tab, SV Road LBS Road, Hind Mata, Pravasi Junction at , Narayan Nagar, Usha Nagar, RAK Road, Nawab Tank Bridge at , Sardar Hotel at Kala Chowky, Dadar TT, JVPD Circle and PB Marg, Mahananda Dairy at Goregaon, railway crossing and near SIES College at RAK Road.

Though BEST services remained largely unaffected, the BEST had to use 30 diversions to avoid severely waterlogged areas, such as Darpan Cinema, Milan subway, Andheri East, Dahisar subway, Kadivali, , Grant Road, Nana Chowk, Dadar TT, TT and near Amulakh High School. By evening, 265 additional buses were plying to clear passenger traffic between CST-Dadar, -Dadar, Dadar-, -, -Vashi, Sion-Vashi, Dadar- Thane.

The suburban rail services were affected. With Central line services suspended, the Western Railway operated its services with an average delay of 20 to 30 minutes.

Due to continuous rains the water levels started rising and went beyond four inches at Sion-, Kurla, -Sandhurst Road and Wadala. This kept the traffic suspended on both the main and harbour line for over five to six hours. Later, when the water levels receded, services were resumed.

Traffic along the Mumbai– Expressway was diverted for over four hours on Tuesday following a landslide late on Monday evening. According to sources, all vehicular traffic was diverted from the 47 kilometre mark at the Lonavala exit, through national Highway No 4. Traffic was then joined again at the 43 km mark on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The authorities expected all vehicular movement to be normalized.

River: River Indravati at Jagdalpur in Bastar / Jagdalpur district was flowing at 542.37m as against the danger level of 540.80 at 8am on July5. The forecasted trend is falling.

Admintstrative Measures:

In Andhra Pradesh Administrtaion has deployed 3 boats for evacuation, 3000 persons accommodated in relief camps, 15000 food packets distributed.

Measures taken in Orissa are listed in the table above for damage details of Orissa. In Maharashtra the following is done to deal with the water logging and resultant traffic

ƒ Schools have been closed. People have been advised to move on the roads only in need and emergency ƒ Western Rail traffic has been operational for local commuter without any disruption through out the day (5 July 2006) despite heavy rainfall in Mumbai and water logging between rail routes: Mahim and Matunga Road. Rail authority has decided to operate local train services at a frequency of 5 minutes from stations: Church gate to Andheri/Borivali/. ƒ Trains running late on the line include: Passenger trains running between station’s Ratnagiri – Roha-Karwar; Super fast trains between stations- Mangaon-Roha- Madgaon-Ratnagiri-sangamehwar; Super fat trains between stations Ratnagiri-Roha-Karwar- Roha ƒ Long distance train services were affected due to incessant rain in state, which resulted in late arrival at its destination at Terminus and Mumbai Central. ƒ Rescheduling of long distance trains : 2480-Bandra Terminus-Jodhpur Suryanagri Express, 239 -Mumbai Central- Pass., 9115-(Bandra Terminus -) Sayaji Nagri Express,4708 Ranakpur Exp, 2951 Mumbai Central – N. Delhi, Rajdhani Exp-, 9017- (Bandra Terminus -Jamnagar) Saurashtra Exp, 2953-August Kranti Rajdhani Exp, 2955- Mumbai Central-Jaipur Super fast Exp, 9005-(Mumbai Central -Okha)Saurashtra Mail, 9707 - Aravali Exp, 9037-Avadh Exp, 2927-Vadodara Exp.

Source: • MHA-NDM Department

Sitrep Depression and heavy rainfall update July5, 2006

India • Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) • Central Water Commission (CWC)

For Further Information :

G Padmanabhan Emergency Analyst, UNDP E-mail: [email protected], Mobile: 91 – 98104 02937 http://www.undp.org.in/dmweb/

Sitrep Depression and heavy rainfall update July5, 2006